Constance Ellis
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Constance Ellis | |
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 Constance Ellis, on her graduation in 1899 | |
| Born | 2 November 1872 Carlton, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 10 September 1942 (aged 69) South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| Education | Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne (1980) |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (1903) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Obstetrics Gynaecology Pathology |
| Institutions | Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne |
Constance Ellis (2 November 1872 – 10 September 1942) was an Australian medical doctor who specialised in obstetrics, gynaecology and pathology. In 1903 she became the first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a Doctor of Medicine.[1]
Constance Ellis was born in 1872 in Carlton, Victoria, to Lydia Constance (née Phillips) and Louis Ellis, a Victorian sheriff. She attended school at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, and graduated in 1890. She studied medicine at the University of Melbourne from 1894 to 1899, finishing second in her class in surgery and third in medicine. After graduating, she completed a year's residency at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and another two years at the Royal Children's Hospital. In 1903 she returned to the University of Melbourne to sit the examination to obtain a Doctor of Medicine; she was the first woman at the university to obtain the degree.[2]
